By TAKASHI NARAZAKI/ Staff Writer
July 12, 2022 at 19:03 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, accompanied by Cabinet members and officials, puts his hands together in prayer toward the direction of the hearse carrying the body of Shinzo Abe at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on July 12 following Abe’s funeral. (Koichi Ueda)
Crowds lined the streets in Tokyo on July 12 to pay their respects to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was mourned by his family and others at his funeral at Zojoji temple in the capital's Minato Ward. [Read More]
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